Rajasthan Royals Must Retain These Players Ahead IPL 2025 Mega Auction: In the second qualifier of IPL 2024 played on 24 May, Rajasthan Royals suffered a 36-run defeat at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad and their dream of winning the trophy in the current season was shattered.

Rajasthan Royals were the favourites to win this season. Rajasthan won 8 of their first 9 matches in the league stage, which shows how strong their squad is. However, in the last 5 league matches and Qualifier 2, Rajasthan's team lacked intent and things didn't go their way.

There are reports of a mega auction being organized before IPL 2025.

In such a situation, along with the rest of the teams, Rajasthan will also have the opportunity to retain only a few players. In this article, we will mention the 5 players whom Rajasthan Royals should retain before the mega auction of IPL 2025.

These are the 5 players Rajasthan Royals must retain before the IPL 2025 mega auction

5. Sanju Samson

This season was very good for Rajasthan Royals captain and wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson. He scored 531 runs at an average of 48.27 and a strike rate of 153.47.

Through his excellent performance, Samson managed to make it to Team India's squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. He also has a very good relationship with other players of the team and fans also like Samson a lot. Due to these characteristics, Rajasthan should retain him.

4. Jos Buttler

Jos Buttler is a key player of the Rajasthan Royals team. However, due to national duty, he left this season midway and returned to England. But he played an important role in getting his team important 4 points by playing two centuries in the group stage.

Every team would want to include him in their squad in the auction. For this reason, Rajasthan should not release him.

3. Yashswi Jaiswal

Yashasvi Jaiswal was the third highest run-scorer for Rajasthan Royals this season. However, he did not seem to be in his rhythm. However, the main reason for this was also that he had played a lot of cricket before participating in this tournament. The Rajasthan franchise is well aware of Jaiswal's ability and they would not want to take any risk by releasing this young batsman.

2. Riyan Parag

Riyan Parag won everyone's heart with his excellent performance this season. He scored 573 runs in 16 matches and was third in terms of scoring the most runs. Many fans and former players believe that Parag can also become the captain of the Rajasthan team in the future.

1. Sandeep Sharma

Fast bowler Sandeep Sharma's name is included in the list of players whom Rajasthan Royals should retain first. He took 13 wickets in 11 matches. However, he could not participate in some matches due to injury. As a fast bowler, his economy rate was the best after Jaspreet Bumrah. Sandeep Sharma also stopped explosive batsmen like Heinrich Klaasen from scoring runs in the death overs. Such bowlers are always in demand in IPL.